EPFO onboards Air India to offer social security coverage to employees

EPFO has onboarded Air India to offer social security coverage to the carrier’s employees. 

New Delhi: Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has onboarded Air India to offer social security coverage to the carrier’s employees. More than 7,400 employees of Air India for whom contributions have been filed by Air India with EPFO for the month of December 2021 will start receiving the benefits. 

Here’s the list of benefits to be received by Air India benefits under 

- Air India employees will receive an extra 2% of employer’s contributions in their Provident Fund Accounts at 12% of their wages. Previously, Air India employees were covered under the PF Act of 1925, where the contributions to the Provident Fund was at 10% by the employer and 10% by the employee.